What is another word for essences?

Pronunciation: [ˈɛsənsɪz] (IPA)

The word 'essences' can be synonymous with a variety of terms such as aroma, flavor, scent, spirit, or attribute. Each of these terms represents the unique and defining characteristic of something. 'Aroma' and 'scent' refer to the smell or fragrance of something. 'Flavor' relates to the taste of something. 'Spirit' refers to the soul or true nature of something. 'Attribute' suggests a specific quality or feature that makes something distinct. Synonyms for 'essences' can help us to identify and describe the defining characteristics of something, whether it be a food, a person, or an experience.

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Usage examples for Essences

In course of time snuff was flavoured with rich essences, and scented snuffs found favour with the ladies.
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews
Surround herself as she would with the magic essences of love, did not the vengeance await her-even now-even now?
"The Lamp in the Desert"
Ethel M. Dell
All these intangible essences and powers are no apparent reason why I should do so foolish a thing-but they have influenced me.
"Rose of Dutcher's Coolly"
Hamlin Garland

Famous quotes with Essences

  • The One, the Good, the True, and the Beautiful, these are what we call the transcendental attributes of Being, because they surpass all the limits of essences and are coextensive with Being.
    Hans Urs von Balthasar
  • Every artist undresses his subject, whether human or still life. It is his business to find essences in surfaces, and what more attractive and challenging surface than the skin around a soul?
    Richard Corliss
  • I paint to rest from the phenomena of the external world-to pronounce and to make notations of its essences with which to verify the inner eye.
    Morris Graves
  • Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed.
    William Shenstone
  • It is amazing that our souls -- our eternal essences, with all their hopes an dreams and visions of an eternal world -- are contained within these temporal bodies.
    Marion Woodman

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